Emil Gargunza's cousin (henceforth known as
Young Gargunza) has captured
Dickie Dauntless and hooked him up to a brain-scanner:
![](//4.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/TL2dDXrDKPI/AAAAAAAAPaI/R3LUSQfMddk/s400/scan0033.jpg)
![](//2.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/TL2dDBfeHBI/AAAAAAAAPaA/JoJyptiyPWc/s400/scan0034.jpg)
Bold plan. But while Young Gargunza is off running errands, Dauntless escapes, and as
Young Marvelman, comes up with a
clever scheme to thwart the evil scientist:
![](//3.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/TL2dCz8INBI/AAAAAAAAPZ4/-A-ejD8WAJo/s400/scan0035.jpg)
![](//4.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/TL2dCvvO55I/AAAAAAAAPZw/n8SMeN-oRRk/s400/scan0036.jpg)
So Young Gargunza, unsuspecting, proceeds to deduce Young Marvelman's "
magic word" from the wrong brainscan:
![](//1.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/TL2dCea0MnI/AAAAAAAAPZo/QN-4RdiwoIU/s400/scan0037.jpg)
![](//1.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/TL2cw5leBBI/AAAAAAAAPZg/lEKaJoFwLNQ/s400/scan0038.jpg)
Really? That's kind of...long and complex, isn't it?
Anyway, Young Gargunza tries it, and...
![](//3.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/TL2cwv01M8I/AAAAAAAAPZY/QjRBj95I_tA/s400/scan0039.jpg)
Sadly, it turns out not to be a
super-powered chimpanzee:
![](//1.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/TL2cwRGMAkI/AAAAAAAAPZQ/TVdP2Izx7Bc/s400/scan0040.jpg)
![](//4.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/TL2cwKlQ9NI/AAAAAAAAPZI/Fk_lcsYUCaE/s400/scan0041.jpg)
Fortunately, there is a cure (surprisingly enough, it's
NOT just saying the same phrase again):
OOJAH CAPIVVY??? Really????
Man, these books are nuts. Gotta love 'em!
SPOILER ALERT: The formula
doesn't work. Believe me, I've tried. Still, if you want to turn yourself into a big monkey, try saying "
Abracadabra-πr²÷H2O Eeny-Meeny Miny-Mo Hey Presto-Stop-Go Hackwacky" aloud as often as you can today. There are
worse ways to spend a Tuesday...
From Young Marvelman #100 (1955), as reprinted in Marvelman Family's Finest #4 (2010).
2 comments:
They had me at "hackywacky"
Lazarus lupin
http://strangespanner.blogspot.com/
art and review
Hah, I was going to say the same thing. Makes me proud to be British. -ish
Post a Comment